More on Transactional Analysis
TA is a key tool employed in my Basingstoke therapy practice.
In an earlier feature I explained the basic concepts of Transactional Analysis and the ego states. In this article I discuss unconscious scripts.
TA therapists recognise that we all have the potential to live the life we want, rather than the life we are programmed to live. Sometimes, however, this potential is hindered by repetitive patterns or 'unconscious scripts' that stem from childhood decisions and teachings.
TA therapists use script theory to identify these unconscious scripts. These will be analysed using the ego-state model, and their identification is crucial to helping clients realise how certain permissions and prohibitions they received as a child are impacting their lives and how they communicate.
These unconscious scripts often exist as repetitive patterns of behaviour, thoughts and feelings - characteristics that suggest the child ego-state is overbearing and tainting other parts of an individual's personality.
Transactions
When individuals communicate, their ego-states interact to create...